Meet Our Students
Middle School Stories
Afrida
Afrida, a 9th grader at Lynn English High School, is originally from Bangladesh, and her native language is Bengali. With encouragement from her parents, she participated in Dream MORE so that she would have a smooth transition to high school and know more people and have more friends…...
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Ileana
Ileana is a 8th grader at Thurgood Marshall Middle School in Lynn and has participated in Dream MORE during the school year and the summer. They are especially interested in the social justice curriculum, and impressed that LEAP and the program accepts and includes members of the LGBTQ community…...
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Karla
Karla, a 7th grader at Thurgood Marshall Middle School in Lynn, solves problems, and Dream MORE has helped her lose her shyness, meet more people, and defend herself and others if people say mean things. The program has given her many opportunities to improve her English, and has helped Karla communicate better with her teachers. She is interested in history, particularly learning...
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High School Stories
Jeffrey
Ask Jeffrey, a student at Salem High School (SHS), about LEAP for Education, and he will tell you, “the best thing about being part of LEAP is that you have, like in a family, people who support your goals, who are willing to help you, a very nice atmosphere and a place full of opportunities; it’s a place where you can go if you need some advice or help....
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Alumni Stories
Andrison
When Andrison says he “grew up at LEAP,” he really means it. For a time, back when LEAP was known as Salem CyberSpace, Andrison lived with his family in an apartment directly above the LEAP space. He would walk right by, never thinking how LEAP’s people and programs would soon change his life forever. Until one day in 2008,...
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